Nail
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Nail may refer to:
  • Nail (anatomy)
    Nail (anatomy)
    A nail is a horn-like envelope covering the dorsal aspect of the terminal phalanges of fingers and toes in humans, most non-human primates, and a few other mammals. Nails are similar to claws, which are found on numerous other animals....

    , toughened keratin at the end of an animal digit
  • Nail (beak), a plate of hard horny tissue at the tip of some bird beaks
  • Nail (fastener), the pin-shaped fastener used in engineering, woodworking and construction
  • Nail (relic)
    Nail (relic)
    Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, i.e., among Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art they figure among the Instruments of the Passion or Arma Christi, the objects associated with...

    , used in the crucifixion of Christ
  • Nail (unit)
    Nail (unit)
    A nail, when used as a unit, is usually one sixteenth of a certain base unit. In English usage the most common base units were the foot and the yard for length, the acre for area and the hundredweight for mass....

    , an archaic multiplier equal to one sixteenth of a base unit
  • The Nails
    The Nails
    The Nails were a six piece New Wave band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, during the mid 1970s. In Colorado, they were originally named The Ravers, and their roadie, Eric Boucher, later became known as Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys.-History:...

    , a 1970s band from Colorado
  • Nail (album)
    Nail (album)
    Nail is a Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985. It was initially released in the US by Homestead Records in 1985 and later by Thirsty Ear in 1995...

    , an album by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
  • Neurotics Anonymous International Liaison
  • Nail, a Namekian in Dragon Ball
  • Nails (film)
    Nails (film)
    Nails is a 1979 Canadian short documentary film directed by Phillip Borsos. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.The subject of the film was simply the manufacturing process used to make nails.-External links:*...

    , a 1979 documentary film
  • Stump (game)
    Stump (game)
    Stump is an American drinking game played with a hammer, nails, a tree stump, and beer. The exact place of origin is vague, but evidence suggests it was likely invented somewhere in the northeastern US, probably at Penn State University...

    , a drinking game played with a stump, nails, and a hammer.
  • Wael, Nail is the Turkish spelling

See also

  • Jimmy Nail
    Jimmy Nail
    James Bradford "Jimmy" Nail is an English singer-songwriter, actor, musician, film producer, film score composer and television writer....

    , English actor and singer
  • Nail, project name for the Heirloom Project
    Heirloom Project
    The Heirloom Project is a collection of traditional Unix utilities. Most of them are derived fromoriginal Unix source code, as released as Open Source by Caldera and Sun.The project has the following components:...

     mailx Unix computer utility.
  • Neil (disambiguation)
    Neil (disambiguation)
    -Fictional characters:*Neil the Boxtank engine, from The Railway Series books by Rev. W.V. Awdry*Neil Goldman , in the TV series Family Guy...

  • Lenny Dykstra
    Lenny Dykstra
    Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra , nicknamed "Nails" and "Dude", is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. Dykstra played for the New York Mets during the late 1980s before playing for the Philadelphia Phillies during the early 1990s....

    , former Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

     outfielder
    Outfielder
    Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

    whose nickname was "Nails"
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